Babak Zanjani

Babak Zanjani (21 March 1974-) was an Iranian businessman who owned Qeshm Airlines and Rah Ahan Sorinet FC. In 2013 he was arrested for embezzlement, and on 6 March 2016 he was sentenced to death for "spreading corruption on Earth".

Biography
Babak Zanjani was born on 21 March 1974 in Tehran, Iran, and he became the owner of the Sorinet Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the country. He became the managing director of the United Arab Emirates-based group and did business as far away as Malaysia and China, with more business in nearby Central Asian nations. His company was accused in smuggling oil from Labuan off the east coast of Malaysia, but this was not his only illicit activity; in January 2013 he was accused of having a fake passport from Denmark, and on 30 December of that year he was arrested for embezzling $2,700,000,000 with the National Bank of Tajikistan. On 6 March 2016 Zanjani was sentenced to death for embezzlement and "spreading corruption on Earth".